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Our Little Joy Jeje

January 18, 2022 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

It has been a month since David and I arrived at the airport to pick up our little joy, Jeje. Despite being quite experienced with dogs myself, I was a bit nervous with how everything would go since Jeje spent so many hours in the plane. She didn’t know me and we didn’t know her history.

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Blog Tagged With: Adoption, fostering rescue dogs, Korean Dogs

No Dog Left Behind

December 3, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Being a rescue organization isn’t just about finding forever homes for homeless dogs. It’s about being an advocate for all dogs and pet companions. We know how important pets are to us, and what a significant role they have in our lives. We at Free Korea Dogs often use the motto “compassion knows no borders”, and we strive to live up to that standard. We understand it is impossible for us to save every single dog, and the dogs who come into our rescue are only a very small percentage of dogs in need. These other dogs are no less worthy of our help, and while we often have to come to terms that we cannot help every dog in ways we would like, we will always do as much as we possibly can.

Filed Under: Blog, Community Rescue, Featured, Our Work Tagged With: Korean Dogs, Korean Rescue Dogs

Pickle’s Holiday Wish

November 29, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Pickle found herself in quite a pickle when she was only 6 months old, although none of the ordeals was her fault. It’s a shame dogs don’t get to choose their owners, because Pickle had the unfortunate luck of having a sinister and abusive owner. One day, she was witnessed being beaten and tossed out of a window. Thankfully, neighbors reported the incident to the police and the owner confessed. Pickle was then taken away from the horrible situation and taken to safety. That’s when we were contacted, and the moment we knew we needed to help her precious soul.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs

The Beginning of a New Start … For Good!

September 30, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

We say it all the time – rescue is simultaneously fulfilling and inspiring as it is disheartening and traumatic. Earlier this year, we shared a rescue story of a few dogs who were being raised on a construction site to be sold for meat as a secondary income, and the efforts made to save them.

Filed Under: Blog, Community Rescue, Featured, Our Work Tagged With: Dog Meat Farm, Dog meat trade, Dog Rescue, Korea, Korean Dogs

Yongin Dog Meat Rescue Update 2

August 3, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager

It’s been for a while since we discovered and rescued 15 dogs from a restaurant in Yongin, Korea, who were being raised for slaughter for fresh dog meat stew. They have since been known as our “Yongin rescues”, and while we have been inadvertently slow with updates we have been busy with the pups behind the scenes!

Filed Under: Blog, Community Rescue, Featured, Our Work Tagged With: Bok Nal, Dog Meat Farm, Dog meat trade, Korean Dogs, Yongin dog rescue

Boknal: Did You Know?

July 24, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Boknal, Korea’s annual dog meat tradition in which dog meat consumption is encouraged during the “hottest days of summer” to boost stamina, immune systems, and prevent or cure other ailments, is now underway in Korea.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Public Awareness Tagged With: Boknal, Dog meat trade, Korean Dogs

Winter brings spring

April 8, 2021 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

As the pandemic hit in 2020, I quarantined with my beloved 14 year old rescue dog Rascal. I knew we were in our last season together, and I put all of my energy into making the most out of our time. He was the best dog I’ve ever known, and my best friend. At the time, I couldn’t even imagine opening my heart to another dog anytime soon. But I knew the day would come, and I wondered if getting Rascal’s DNA test might point me in the right direction when that time came.

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Blog, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Adoption story, Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs

The Dogs of Weolbong Shelter

March 27, 2021 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

“The mountain babies” is what we refer to the dogs who are currently living in the remote mountain regions of Korea in a shelter run by a Buddhist nun. Many of them have been living there their whole lives. All of them have something in common – they all escaped terrible fates. How did they come to live here? They were all rescued by the nun who owns, runs, and cares for dogs at her shelter. For many dog lovers, especially those in rescue, helping dogs is a part of life. But for the nun, it has become a way of life.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, FKD Shelter, Korean Dogs

The Charley Diaries Part 3: Expanding Horizons

October 23, 2020 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Training a dog to get settled is not something that happens overnight, because dogs don’t understand human languages or the circumstances of the fate we’ve chosen for them. Settling in takes time and patience. The process isn’t black or white, nor is progress linear. There is no ‘typical’ timeline in which things are expected to happen (or not happen). Along the way there are pushes and nudges; a hop, skip, jump, and leap here; hurdles, obstacles, and setbacks there. We (dogs and humans) work together towards mutual trust and understanding in order to persevere, and when we’ve hit a wall, we pivot our approaches to march upwards and onwards.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Fostering, Korean Dogs, Toronto Dog Adoption, Training

The Charley Diaries Part 2: Getting to Know Each Other  

October 16, 2020 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither is Charley’s confidence. But the city slowly became a hallmark of pride, inspiration, and awe. That’s where our little Einstein is headed. Charley has been slowly gaining his confidence, and trusting his humans to lead him there. More and more he is choosing what is right, and quicker and quicker he is to realize his mistakes and to adjust his actions accordingly.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: fostering rescue dogs, Korean Dogs, Toronto Dog Adoption, Training

The Charley Diaries Part 1: Settling In

October 9, 2020 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

This is Charley. He is not available for adoption at the moment, but is working hard to get there.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: fostering rescue dogs, Korean Dogs, Toronto Dog Adoption, Training

An Update On Our Dosa Dog Meat Rescues!

September 2, 2020 by Sara Liao, Board of Directors & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

On August 7th, 2020 Free Korean Dogs answered a call for help to rescue 6 Dosa dogs who would have either drowned in the recent floods or slaughtered for a celebratory meal during the last day of Boknal. Our rescue was a success, and we’ve taken the last few weeks to address their medical needs and get to know our newest friends. 

Filed Under: Blog, Community Rescue, Dog Meat Trade, Featured, Our Work Tagged With: Dangjin Dog Meat Farm, Dog meat trade, Dog Rescue, Dosa family rescue, Korean Dogs

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